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The 2013 LEOKA Report- Studying the Cop Killers

Written by: Greg Ellifritz     The FBI recently released its annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report.  According to the FBI webpage:     “The FBI publishes Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted each year to provide information about officers who were killed, feloniously or accidentally, and those officers who were assaulted while […]

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
police, police gunfights, police shootings View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- November 28, 2014

Links to some of the best reading on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.     There Is Nothing to Say About Ferguson A lot of folks have contacted me asking for my opinions on the mess that is going on in Ferguson, Missouri.  I agree with Aaron’s […]

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, active shooter, awareness, concealed carry, fitness, home defense, knives, Massad Ayoob, medicine, shooting drills, survival, Survival Mom, warning shots View Post

Fighting Against the Odds

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Read the story below: In Kenya, Al-Shabab gunmen slay 28 bus passengers who could not recite an Islamic creed   A band of 20 Islamist terrorists armed with automatic weapons tried to stop a bus filled with local citizens in Kenya. The driver heroically kept driving. The terrorists raked the bus […]

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice, Tactical Training Scenarios
Al-Shabaab, hostage survival, terrorism, third world travel View Post

The Florida State University Shooting

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Early last Thursday morning (November 20), a mentally ill man entered the Strozier Library on the Florida State University campus and began shooting.  It was 12:30 am and approximately 100 students were studying in the library at the time.  The mentally ill man had complained to friends about government conspiracies […]

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in News and Tactical Advice
active shooter, school shootings, university shootings View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- November 21, 2014

Links to some of the best reading on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   Ferguson National Response Network The grand jury decision from the Ferguson, Missouri police shooting is due out any time…most likely next week.  This is a comprehensive listing of the planned protests in the […]

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
active killer, active shooter, AK-47, awareness, Close quarter shooting, driving, Ed Lovette, extreme close range, Growing Up Guns, Gun Nuts Media, home security, malfunctions, Massad Ayoob, modern service weapons, Paul Carlson, Paul Gomez, research, slings, snubnose, survival View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- November 14, 2014

Links to some of the best reading on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   5 Gunfighting Myths Debunked By Massad Ayoob A very insightful article from Massad Ayoob.  You’ve heard these myths espoused  by gun store commandos.  Ayoob dismantles them all.     The Death Of Expertise […]

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
.357 magnum, Adaptive Defense Concepts, books, Claude Werner, diet, flash mobs, gelatin tests, Glock, gunsmithing, ITS Tactical, Kyle Lamb, M&P, Massad Ayoob, modern service weapons, Todd Green View Post

Bad Language

Written by Greg Ellifritz     Last week I posted a book review on the site.  In the review, I quoted the author.  The author said the words “shit” and “fuck.”  That apparently spun quite a few of you up.  I received several email complaints, a few negative comments, and had the largest mass exodus […]

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Emergency Reloads Shooting Drill

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Although I think that the skill of speed reloading is one that gets overemphasized in most shooting schools, there is certainly a place in your training for practicing the skill.  My standard practice is to load up at least three magazines and place them on my belt when I’m doing […]

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Shooting Drills
modern service weapons, shooting drills View Post

Some Good Press

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   Several of my classes received rave reviews on various web forums and podcasts last week.  If you are on the fence about taking one of my classes, check out the following short reviews:     My Extreme Close Quarters Shooting Class was reviewed on The Liberal Gun Club Forum.   […]

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
class reviews, John Mosby View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- November 7, 2014

Links to some of the best reading on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   Shooting Technique: One Handed Shooting, Canted or Vertical? Mark talks about the advantages and disadvantages of canted one-hand shooting.  I urge my students to try both methods and determine which one they like best.  […]

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
Dave Spaulding, escape, exercise, firearms training, Glock, Growing Up Guns, gunsmithing, health, John Robb, Marcus Wynne, medicine, restraints, rifles, robbery, surveillance video, training, travel View Post

“The Reluctant Partisan”

  I recently finished John Mosby’s The Reluctant Partisan book.  I read a lot of books in the field of survival, firearms, and tactics.  I’m rarely impressed with most of the books I read.  Not so with this one.  The Reluctant Partisan gets a well-deserved five-star rating.   Billed as “the prepared citizen’s answer to […]

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Book Reviews
book reviews, books, John Mosby View Post

Medical Class AAR

  Tim from Gun Nuts Media was a student in a medical class I taught a couple weeks ago.  He wrote a very thorough review and even caught some good video of me teaching some suturing basics.  Check it out at the link below.   Tactical First Aid and “System Collapse” Medicine with Active Response […]

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
class reviews, Gun Nuts Media View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 31. 2014

Links to some of the best reading on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.   61 Travel Tips to Make You the World’s Savviest Traveler Some superb travel information here.  If you like the content of the article, check out the author’s book How to Travel the World […]

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
airsoft, Claude Werner, concealed carry, Grant Cunningham, Growing Up Guns, gunsmithing, health, Hock Hockheim, hunting, John Mosby, medicine, police training, psychology, Rangemaster, revolvers, Survival Podcast, Tasers, third world travel, training drills, travel View Post

Seven Learning Points from the Marysville, Washington School Shooting

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   On Friday, October 24, a 14-year old Freshman student walked into his high school cafeteria and began shooting.  He picked a particular table (where his relatives sat) and shot five students, killing four, with a .40 Beretta handgun.  Reportedly, all of the victims had been shot in the head or […]

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
active killer, active shooter, school shootings View Post

The Canadian Parliament Active Killer

Written by Greg Ellifritz   If you’ve missed the news over the last week, on October 22, a homeless, mentally-ill Islamic Jihadist with a crack cocaine addiction fired shots at Ottawa Canada’s war memorial and in the Canadian House of Commons.   The killer ran up to two soldiers guarding the Canadian War Memorial and […]

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
active killer, active shooter, Canada, terrorism View Post

Review of my “Extreme Close Quarters Gunfighting” Class

Written by Greg Ellifritz   Tim from Gun Nuts Media did a very comprehensive review of the material in my recent “Extreme Close Quarters Gunfighting” class held in Culpeper, Virginia.  He took the class on his own dime and wrote a very complimentary AAR.  You can check it out at the link below:   Close […]

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
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Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 24, 2014

Links to some of the best reading on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.     Competition, Practice, Training, and Testing The Tactical Professor’s thoughts on competition shooting: “One of the most ridiculous statements I have ever heard is “I never saw a timer in a gunfight.” It was […]

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
.22, ammunition, Claude Werner, exercise, gelatin tests, Glock, medicine, Mike Seeklander, modern service weapons, snubnose, survival, Survival Mom, travel View Post

New Course Review Posted

Written by Greg Ellifritz     David over at the Musings Over a Pint Blog took my Tactical First Aid and System Collapse medicine class last weekend down in Virginia.  He wrote an excellent course description and review.  If any of you are wondering exactly what I cover in the class, check out his article.  […]

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in What's New
class reviews, medicine View Post

Tourniquet Mythology

This is a guest post written by my friend Jonathan Willis in response to some comments made about a previous tourniquet article I published.  Jonathan is a veteran Paramedic, Instructor, and Fire Lieutenant who has actually used the tourniquets he references in the field.   It seems impossible to go online today and not be […]

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Articles
guest author, Jonathan Willis, medical skills, tourniquet View Post

Weekend Knowledge Dump- October 17, 2014

A list of some of the best reading on the web.  If you have some free time, check them out this weekend.     Gresham man robbed of pistol at gunpoint while exercising ‘open carry’ right A man robbed of his “open carry” piece. That’s what happens when you think of a gun like a […]

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Greg Ellifritz in Weekend Knowledge Dump
accidental discharge, AK-47, Claude Werner, concealed carry, fitness, Growing Up Guns, gunsmithing, Hock Hockheim, knives, medicine, Michael Janich, modern service weapons, open carry, psychology, rifles, supressors, The Firearms Blog, weapon retention, women's carry View Post
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